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Minutes
RSAI COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 2021
Zoom
Sep. 3, 2021, 2-4 pm(CET)
Zoom link: https://polimi-it.zoom.us/j/82935695859?pwd=TzhkL0IrZlA0em5ybG9UWmNmdjJUdz09
Meeting ID: 829 3569 5859
Password: 994667
At 14 pm CET RSAI President Eduardo Haddad opens the meeting, thanking attendees for their participation
in previous meetings.
Apologies are received from Prof. Carlos Azzoni (LARSA Representative). The following RSAI Council
members, ex officio members, LRPC members, and invitees join the meeting:
Andre Torre (ERSA President)
Andrea Caragliu (RSAI Executive Director)
Briam Kim (PRSCO Representative)
Daniela Luminita-Constantin (Councillor at large)
Eduardo Haddad (RSAI President)
Eveline Van Leeuwen (ERSA representsative)
Francisco Carballo Cruz (ERSA Representative)
Isabelle Thomas (Councillor at large)
Jouke Van Dijk (Councillor at large)
Kingsley Haines (LRPC)
Lily Kiminami (PRSCO Representative)
Martijn Smit (Newsletter Editor)
Patricio Aroca (LARSA representsative)
Rachel Franklin (PRSCO President)
Rosella Nicolini (Councilor-at-large)
Sandy Dell’erba (NARSC representative)
Tomaz Dentinho (RSPP EiC)
1. Approval of the minutes of the Feb. 26, 2021 online meeting (Annex 2)
The minutes of the Feb. 26, 2021 meeting are unanimously approved.
2. Report on the Jul. 15, 2021 LRPC meeting (Roberta Capello)
Prof. Haddad reports on behalf of Roberta Capello, Chair of the LRPC, on the contents discussed during the
Jul. 15, 2021 LRPC meeting. The LRPC discussed the composition of the Presidential Search Committee, and
stressed the need for gender balance. For the LRPC, Andrés Rodrigues-Pose and Roberta Capello were
proposed as members of the Presidential search committee.
During the LRPC, the second item discussed was the changing landscape in the publication open access.
Prof. Haddad also asked the LRPC suggestions to expand the association in Africa and the Middle East. LRPC
members provided substantial guidance.
3. Report on the 2021 RSAI World Congress (Abdellatif Khattabi and Andrea Caragliu) Andrea Caragliu explains that the World Congress caused a gross profit of 28,000€ for the Association. However, roughly 5,000€ have been left at the Mogador hotel as a deposit, and are at risk of not being redeemable. Prod. Dell’erba remarks this is a small sum. André Torre congratulates for the organization of the event. 4. Postponement of the NERSA/NARSC 2021 Summer School to 2022 The Executive Director reports that the LOC of the event in Cornell has decided to postpone the summer school to 2022 in order to maximize the chances to hold it in presence. The dedicated funding received from the RSAI will be frozen at Cornell. 5. Opening of new position as Councillor-at-large for 2022-2024 (end of Maria Abreu’s term) Andrea Caragliu reports that the elections of a new Councillor-At-Large to replace Prof. Abreu on the Council will be opened in October. In the meanwhile, candidatures for the possible elections are being received, open to all members. 6. Report and accounts of 2020 (Andrea Caragliu, Annex 3) Andrea Caragliu reports about the good financial state of the association and proposes to do some free thinking about its future use. Prof. Dentinho says that, on the basis of financial regulations in Portugal, the profits of the association are going to be smaller because the RSAI will have to report the fees for the 2020 edition of the World Congress. Account are unanimously approved. 7. Election of Executive Director for 2022-2024 (Annex 4) Andrea Caragliu leaves the room. The Council decides without Prof. Caragliu on Zoom, and agrees to approve his candidature for a second term as Executive Director. Andrea Caragliu is let back in Zoom, and the Council congratulates him on the re-election. 8. Selection of the Search Committee for the election of the incoming RSAI President, 2023-2024 Prof. Haddad introduces the topic of the selection of the Search Committee for the election of the incoming RSAI President, 2023-2024. He clarifies the election will take place at the November meeting of the Council. Prof. Franklin stresses it should be crystal clear that by tradition the next President will come from ERSA. André Torre proposes to open the call for candidatures, and then close it at the end of October 2021. The Council agrees to nominate the following members: Eduardo Haddad (President), Mark Partridge (Immediate Past President), Andrés RodrìguezPose and Roberta Capello (LRPC members), Elizabeth Mack (NARSC representative), André Torre (ERSA representative), Carlos Azzoni (LARSA representative), and Brian Kim (PRSCO representative). Patricio Aroca proposes to approve the composition representative; Sandy Dell’erba seconds. The Council approves the composition of the Search Committee. Andrea Caragliu will notify its members of the next steps. 9. Organization of the 2023 RSAI World Congress Eduardo Haddad explains the management discussed with Chinese colleagues the possibility to organize the next world congress. Rachel Franklin makes a request to minimize the number of Regional Science conferences; she also suggests the World Congress to be joined with another international Regional Science event. Isabelle Thomas agrees on the topic. Rosella Nicolini adds she agrees, and she also advices to recover the proposal from Buenos Aires. Rachel Franklin suggests to consider joining the World Congress with PRSCO. Eduardo Haddad agrees with the need to limit the number of events, but he also adds World Congresses are crucial in expanding new sections. Isabelle Thomas adds the RSAI should somehow reinvent itself. Jouke Van Dijk remarks there is no reason why world congresses should not be merged with
supranational events. Rachel Franklin adds that the RSAI should be at the forefront of the discussion, rather than lagging behind. Kingsley Haynes replies that the mixed approach could be split in two sub-parts, one in remote, and one, before or after, in presence. Sandy Dell’erba agrees that could be a good idea. Eduardo Haddad summarizes this way: the Council suggests to merge the event with a supranational event. Kinglsey replies this could be asked the LRPC. Eveline Van Leeuwen adds it would be great to find places that are strategic to both institutions. André Torre says financial issues may arise, but Rachel Franklin replies that NARSC has a long-standing tradition in this respect. Tomaz Dentinho proposes to have the next two World Congresses in China and Africa. RSAI may learn from the pandemic experience. In Portugal events have been split into mixed in presence-in remote and this helped younger scholars join. André Torre reports that 80% of ERSA attendees were under 40. Isabelle Thomas replies that this implies that members over 40 were thus discouraged from joining online. Kingsley Haines adds that the decision is more complicated than how it has been presented. The decision to organize World Congresses is also meant to strategically create new sections. 10. Selection of new RSAI Newsletter Co-Editor (Martijn Smit, Annex 5) Martijn Smit explains that Graham Clarke has stepped down from co-editing the RSAI Newsletter. A call for a co-editor was released with deadline in August. Two candidatures were received: one from Don J. Webber (University of Sheffield) and another from Mina Akhavan (Politecnico di Milano). André Torre asks details, and Martijn Smit provides a detailed discussion of the two candidatures. Jouke Van Dijk suggests that given the amount of work to be done three editors could be conceived, but Martijn Smit replies that coordination costs would become relevant. A selection committee made up of Martijn Smit (RSAI Newsletter Editor) and Andrea Caragliu (RSAI Executive Director) was approved in the previous meeting of the council, and after reviewing the selection criteria the committee proposes to select Dr. Akhavan. Her candidature is unanimously approved by the Council. 11. Call for applications for the new Editor-in-Chief of Papers in Regional Science, 2022-2024 Andrea Caragliu explains that a public call for candidatures will be open within mid September. Patricio Aroca asks whether Roberta Capello can be renewed for another term and whether any criterion must be followed (such as geographical origin). Andrea Caragliu reports that Prof. Capello reached the maximum number of terms she can be renewed. 12. PiRS Report 2020 (Roberta Capello, Annex 6) Rosella Nicolini, member of the PiRS editorial board, explains that the journal did great over the past academic year. It turns out the journal is top ranking among Regional Science journals, with only one with a higher ranking. The IF of the Journal went up to 2.866, from 2.2 in 2020. Submissions increased substantially (700 so far for 2021). The rejection rate is about 80%. She adds that these good numbers will be crucial in re- negotiating the contract with Wiley. Eduardo Haddad congratulates Roberta Capello and the whole editorial team for these last 9 years. 13. RSPP Report 2020 (Tomaz Dentinho, Annex 7) Tomaz Dentinho explains that RSPP’s strategy was to increase the numerator and denominator of the IF. Presently the simulated IF is equal to 1.5, hoping to reach 2 next year. Lots of citations were received in 2021 and good special issues guest-edited. Plans are still to have more successful special issues. André Torre congratulates Tomaz Dentinho for his great job. Prof. Dentinho replies submissions from North America and Europe may increase. 14. RSPP Proposal of a YouTube Channel (Annex 8) Andrea Caragliu explains the proposal to activate a YouTube Channel for Regional Science Policy & Practice. Tomaz Dentinho adds that the editorial team is happy about the idea, but also suggests to be cautious. Prof. Dentinho advices to try and see how things will evolve in one year. Francisco Carbalho adds it is good to be
creative and try. Francisco Carballo proposes to approve the creation of the channel; André Torre seconds the
proposal. The Council unanimously agrees.
15. Proposed composition of the incoming RSAI dissertation award
Andrea Caragliu explains that the award committee has served many years, and its Chair, Prof. Laurie
Schintler, has resigned. She has provided several suggestions for possible replacements: these include Sarah
Low, Yuri Mansuri, Isabelle Thomas, Ana Maria Bonomi Barufi, Soushi Suzuki, Daniela L. Constantin, Alan
Murray, Kara Kockelman. Eduardo Haddad suggests to get in touch with these members to ask their
willingness to serve. Tomaz Dentinho also suggests Nij Tintsin and Sumana Banerjee. Sandy Dell’erba
suggests instead to make an open call. The Council agrees and decides to organize one to canvass bottom-up
candidates within the end of September.
Rachel Franklin suggests to set up a protocol: send email to all national sections to suggest names, to make the
process more transparent. Sandy Dell’erba adds that, on the basis of his experience on the diversity committee
for NARSC, data are crucial, and that information on age and gender should be collected upon registration.
Prof. Franklin agrees, but stresses that privacy rules could differ between the EU and the UK.
16. Activation of diversity, honors, and communication committees
Eduardo Haddad reminds the Council that after the previous council meeting the management would expect
suggestions from Council members on the rules and composition of the new committees to be activated, so
that they can be made working as of 2022. Andrea Caragliu adds suggestions should come within a month.
17. AOB
A suggestion by Sandy Dell’erba is to have a report on the web site a continuously update list of webinars on
Regional Science that people could consult. Sandy Dell’erba asks about the open access paradigm, and
suggests to get in touch with colleagues from other disciplines. Tomaz Dentinho adds that the association has
4,500 members, and this is really a remarkable achievement. For RSPP, Prof. Dentinho says increasing issues
(up to 12 per year) could be a viable strategy for further strengthening the journal.
18. Next meeting
The next meeting will be held in November, around the period of the NARSC Congress (Nov. 8-11, 2021).
With no more points to discuss, at 4 pm CET Andrea Caragliu adjourns the meeting.
Annex 2
Minutes
RSAI COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 2021
Zoom
Feb. 26, 2021, 12-2 pm (CET)
Zoom link: https://polimi-it.zoom.us/j/82205167018?pwd=ZEdsOHIxa051dzRHQ2V5STFWcnhCUT09
Meeting ID: 822 0516 7018
Password: 821395
At 12.05 pm CET RSAI President Eduardo Haddad opens the meeting, thanking attendees for their
participation in previous meetings, and welcoming new Council members. He also explains his
motivation as incoming President, and praises Mark Partridge for his help in the transition.
He also notifies the Council that he and Andrea Caragliu will get in touch with Presidents of
Supranationals for enhancing mutual relations. Prof. Haddad further explains that the purpose of
today’s meeting is to activate three new committees.
The following RSAI Council members, ex officio members, LRPC members, and invitees join the
meeting:
• Andre Torre (ERSA President)
• Andrea Caragliu (Executive Director)
• Carlos Azzoni (LARSA Representative)
• Daniela Luminita-Constantin (Councillor at large)
• Eduardo Haddad (RSAI President)
• Francisco Carballo Cruz (ERSA Representative)
• Isabelle Thomas (Councillor at large)
• Jouke Van Dijk (Councillor at large)
• Lily Kiminami (PRSCO Representative)
• Mark Partridge (Immediate Past President)
• Peter Batey (LRPC and RSAI Archivist)
• Peter Stenberg (NARSC Representative)
• Rachel Franklin PRSCO President)
• Roberta Capello (PiRS EiC)
• Tomaz Dentinho (RSPP EiC)
1. Apologies (Annex 1)
• Rosella Nicolini (Councillor at large)
• Eveline Van Leeuwen (ERSA representative)
• Serena Erendira (LARSA representative)
• Patricio Aroca (LARSA representative)
2. Approval of the minutes of the Nov. 18, 2020 online meeting (Annex 2)
Item 2: Jouke Van Dijk says he is not sure about the outcome of the decisions on the LRPC.
Mark Partridge explains he eventually did not write the LRPC to summarise the discussion. Peter Batey adds that in the November meeting he took notes of the discussion itself, on what regional science is, and what the LRPC can do. Notes were not circulated. Eduardo Haddad proposes a joint meeting with himself, Prof. Partridge, and Prof. Batey. Prof. Partridge asks Prof. Van Dijk what the exact question is on. Roberta Capello stresses that the LRPC is in the Constitution, and described that its role is precisely described. André Torre asks whether the LRPC met before. Eduardo Haddad replied they met on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Prof. Partridge explains that the gist of the letter from the President to the LRPC was to elicit strategic advice. He also requests a modification for point 9: involvement of general membership as suggested by the strategic planning committee. André Torre seconds the minutes. Minutes are unanimously approved. 3. Activation of diversity, honors, and communication committees (Annex 3) Eduardo Haddad explains he and the Executive Director went through notes, minutes, and rules. Eventually they came up with a proposal for rules, goals, and ways of electing members. They also came up with proposals of potential members for both the three new committees, as well as regular ones for this year. Andrea Caragliu explains the proposal. He explains that the goal of the diversity committee should be promoting the presence of a balanced composition of members in the RSAI activities; stimulating candidatures to RSAI awards by different members whenever appropriate; and to draft a list of recommendations to guide future developments of the Association. Members of this committee should remain in charge for two years. For the first term, two members will remain in charge for three years, in order to guarantee historical memory. The RSAI Council would nominate five members of the committee, one for each supranational plus the RSAI President. These members would report to the RSAI Council whenever necessary. As for the communication committee, its goals would be promoting the branding of the Association and the marketing of its activities all over the world; guaranteeing an effective and active presence of the Association on the main social media. Members would remain in charge for two years. For the first term, two members will remain in charge for three years, in order to guarantee historical memory. The RSAI Council would nominate five members of the committee, one for each supranational plus the RSAI Executive Director. Committee members would report to the RSAI Council whenever necessary. Lastly, as for the honors committee, its goals would be guaranteeing the smooth and timely constitution of the awards committees; proposing the RSAI Council names for all award committees; playing the role of support during the whole period of activities of each award committee, verifying that deadlines are met and procedures are followed according to the rules; and proposing the RSAI Council possible amendments of existing award rules if appropriate. Members would remain in charge for two years. For the first term, two members will remain in charge for three years, in order to guarantee historical memory. The RSAI Council would select five members of the committee, one for each supranational plus RSAI President and Executive Director, and Committee members would refer to the RSAI Council whenever needed. Rachel Franklin suggests that a committee could actually deal with diversity, inclusion, and equality. She is also worried that the committee won’t be heard. The Council should draft a statement on what it believes our policy should be. Eduardo Haddad replies that the goals of the committee could be left as they are, and then let the committee ask the Council to promote a statement. Mark Partridge adds that the work seems to go the right direction. Rachel Franklin replies that a two-sentences statement from the Council may guide the work of the Committee.
André Torre claims materials came in too late. Moreover, boundaries of committees’ powers should be clarified. Rachel Franklin proposes to approve the committees today and open its membership to non-Council members. Jouke Van Dijk supports the choice of exact goals. Relations should be structural. André Torre agrees to postpone their activation and think about the goals, the structure, and proposition of each committee. Roberta Capello adds that these are important issues, but we still have to start from something. To be practical, she suggests to provide suggestions starting from what is already being proposed, bearing in mind that all suggestions must be consistent with the Constitution. Francisco Carballo-Cruz reminds that minutes say that (point 3) there are a number of suggestions from the strategic committee. Jouke Van Dijk asks if there are other committees. Rachel Franklin stresses that rules should be changed. Eduardo Haddad replies that the Honors committee can make proposals to change rules. Rachel Franklin says that membership of these awards adds visibility to their members. Tomaz Dentinho asks to add a member of the RSPP editorial board among Peter Nijkamp award committee members. Rachel Franklin proposes the RSAI opens nomination to committees to all active RSAI members. Perhaps they should ask to be nominated by their supra-regional, if we want those to play a role. The final decision about the activation of the new committees is postponed to the next meeting. Council members agree they will send the President and Executive Director suggestions for possible modifications on the rules and composition of the committees before the Council meets. 4. Composition of 2021 awards committees (Annex 4) The President makes the following proposal for activating the 2021 awards committees: • Hirotada Kohno award: Eduardo Haddad (RSAI President); Serena Erendira (Council member); Roberta Capello and Bob Stimson (Past Presidents) • Peter Nijkamp award: Mark Partridge (Immediate Past President, Chair); Juan Cuadrado-Roura and Anna Nagurney (Fellows); PiRS board member (ask PiRS Editors: Julie Le Gallo) • Martin Beckmann award: PiRS – to be decided in Spring by the PiRS Editorial Board • Jean Paelinck award: Chair: member of the LRPC (Budy Resosudarmo). Four members from the Fellows (two stay on board only for one edition, Jouke Van Dijk and Michael Batty, two more stay for four years, Janet Kohlase and Isabelle Thomas, (two editions); then they rotate. 5. Updates on the 2021 RSAI World Congress (Abdellatif Khattabi and Andrea Caragliu) Andrea Caragliu explains that at the date of the meeting 262 abstracts have been received and the organization of the online congress is proceeding smoothly.
André Torre supports the congress. He praises the idea to involve members from developing
Countries. He also adds the online congress is a great opportunity to attract people from all over the
world. Eduardo says he can guarantee additional funding for the congress.
6. Change in the composition of the RSPP Editorial Board (Tomaz Dentinho)
Tomaz Dentinho explains his proposal to enlarge the Board by involving Jian Wang and Abdul Shaban.
Roberta Capello asks how many editors RSPP has. The board is moving from 13 to 15. Roberta Capello
asks whether this is not an excessive number. Roberta Capello also suggests to check that Prof. Wang
belongs to the RSAC, China’s national section.
Rachel Franklin that gender balance is a complicated issue and while attracting good women from
Europe and North America is easy, Asian and Latina American women are way less represented.
Rachel Franklin proposes to hold a conversation on the rules. Jouke Van Dijk expresses distress with
the proposal and argues for a change in the rules.
Votes: Rachel Franklin votes against.
Abstains: André Torre, Jouke Van Dijk, Isabelle Thomas, Lily Kiminami, Daniela Constantin.
All other members approve the new editorial board. The new composition is approved by majority.
7. 2021 RSPP award (Tomaz Dentinho)
Tomaz Dentinho explains the way winners of the RSPP 2021 have been selected.
8. AOB
Roberta Capello explains that the LRPC met as usual. If the Council feels, the LRPC may produce a
report to be presented at the Council. Eduardo Haddad adds that he plans to enhance the Council-
LRPC relations and get useful advice. Peter Batey reports that he’s happy to go ahead with the call
with two LRPC members, Immediate Past President, and Current President.
9. Next meeting
Will be held either around the world congress, or around the ERSA Congress if no urgent matter is to
be discussed.
With no more item to be discussed, at 2.15 pm CET the meeting is adjourned.
RSAI Council Members
2021 RSAI Council Members
Name Member Period Email address
1 Eduardo Haddad President 2021-2022 ehaddad@usp.br
2 Rachel Franklin PRSCO President 2021-2022 rachel.franklin@newcastle.ac.uk
3 Lily Kiminami PRSCO Representative 2021-2023 kiminami@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp
4 Brian Kim PRSCO Representative 2019-2021 briankim66@snu.ac.kr
5 Elizabeth Mack NARSC Representative 2021-2023 Lizmack287@gmail.com
6 Peter Stenberg NARSC Representative 2019-2021 nordacad13@gmail.com
7 Sandy Dall'Erba NARSC Representative 2019-2021 dallerba@illinois.edu
8 Andre Torre ERSA President 2019-2022 andre.torre@wanadoo.fr
9 Francisco Carballo Cruz ERSA Representative 2020-2022 fcarballo@eeg.uminho.pt
10 Eveline Van Leeuwen ERSA Representative 2020-2022 eveline.vanleeuwen@wur.nl
11 Serena Erendira Serrano LARSA President 2018-2020 sesohi@hotmail.com
Oswald
12 Patricio Aroca LARSA Representative 2020-2022 patricio.aroca@uai.cl
13 Carlos Azzoni LARSA Representative 2020-2022 cazzoni@usp.br
14 Isabelle Thomas Councillor at large 2021-2023 isabelle.thomas@uclouvain.be
15 Jouke Van Dijk Councillor at large 2021-2023 jouke.van.dijk@rug.nl
16 Rosella Nicolini Councillor at large 2021-2023 Rosella.nicolini@uab.cat
17 Maria Abreu Councillor at large 2019-2021 ma405@cam.ac.uk
18 Daniela Luminita- Councillor at large 2020-2022 dconstan@hotmail.com
Constantin
19 Andrea Caragliu Executive Director 2019-2021 andrea.caragliu@polimi.it
LRPC Members
1 Peter Nijkamp President 1991 1992 pnijkamp@hotmail.com
2 Lay J. Gibson President 1993-1994 ljgibson@comcast.net
3 Kingsley E. Haynes President 1995-1996 khaynes@gmu.edu
4 Peter W. J. Batey President 1997-1998 pwjbatey@liv.ac.uk
5 H.Khono President 1999-2000
6 Geoffrey J.D.Hewings President 2001-2002 hewings@uiuc.edu
7 Antoine Bailly President 2003-2004 antoine.bailly@unige.ch
8 Robert J. Stimson President 2005-2006 rstimson@unimelb.edu.au
9 Roberta Capello President 2009-2010 roberta.capello@polimi.it
10 Yoshiro Higano President 2011-2012 higano@jsrsai.jp
11 Jean-Claude Thill President 2013-2014 Jean-Claude.Thill@uncc.edu
12 Andres Rodriguez Pose President 2015-2016 a.rodriguez-pose@lse.ac.uk
13 Budy Resosudarmo President 2017-2018 budy.resosudarmo@anu.edu.au
14 Mark Partridge President 2019-2020 partridge.27@osu.edu
RSAI Ex-Officio Members
1 Roberta Capello Editor in Chief of PIRS roberta.capello@polimi.it
2 Tomaz Dentinho Editor in Chief of RSPP tomas.lc.dentinho@uac.pt
3 Peter W. J. Batey Archivist pwjbatey@liv.ac.uk
4 David Boyce Archivist dboyce@uic.edu
5 Martjin Smit Newsletter Editor M.J.Smit@uu.nl
6 Hiroyuki Shibusawa PRSCO Executive Director hiro-shibu@tut.jp
7 Serena Erendira Serrano Oswald RSAI Treasurer sesohi@hotmail.com
8 Elisabete Martins Finance Director Elisabete.martins@apdr.pt
Invited Members
1 Abdellatif Khattabi AMSR President ab_khattabi@yahoo.com
2 Xiumin Li RSAC Vice President lixm@nenu.edu.cn
RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020 Annex 3
RSAI Report
and Accounts
2020
JULY 2021
Andrea Caragliu
Elisabete Martins
1RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020
Note from the Executive Director in 2020
During 2020, four RSAI Council Meetings have been held, all online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
first meeting involved a consultation of RSAI Council members concerning the election of members of
the various RSAI Awards committee. Three additional meetings took place on the Zoom platform, on
July 20, 2020; Aug. 31, 2020; and Nov. 18, 2020. For all meetings, detailed minutes are available on the
RSAI webpage. Let me stress that this practice should not be taken for granted: to the best of my
knowledge this does not happen in similar Learnt Societies representing our benchmark.
In 2020, the RSAI Council composition changed as follows:
Eveline Van Leeuwen stepped in as ERSA representative in place of Jouke Van Dijk;
Patricio Aroca replaced Jaime Bonet as LARSA representative.
Carlos Azzoni replace Eduardo Haddad as LARSA representative.
Daniela Luminita-Constantin stepped in as Councillor-At-Large in place of Laurie Schintler.
Eduardo Haddad stepped back on the Council as President Elect.
The RSAI has maintained, and possibly improved, its positioning in terms of scientific publications.
Papers in Regional Science has further increased its impact factor from 2.22 (2019) to an astonishing
2.858 (2020), further strengthening its positioning with respect to other leading Regional Science
Journals. Regional Science Policy and Practice published 6 issues in 2020, achieving substantial
improvements across most indicators on Scimago (absolute number of citations; citations per paper;
number of citable products; etc.). Last but not least, Martijn Smit edited two issues of the RSAI
Newsletter, published and distributed online by the RSAI in May and November 2020.
COVID had of course a vast impact on the activities of the association. The most visible example is the
decision to postpone the 13th World Congress of the RSAI, to be held in Marrakech, in June 2020, to
2021, due to the unsafe global health conditions.
Despite COVID-19, the Association help up tight and maintained its policies and support to global
research and learning activities on our discipline. However, some problems were felt. One instance is
related to the number of RSAI members, which bounced back from the all-time high of 4,448 in 2019,
to 3,905 in 2020. This is due to the economic contraction that hit many Countries, as well as to the
reduced intensity of activities in many national sections, for some of which the main source of revenue
is the organization of a national congress that, at least in regular form, was not possible throughout
2020. However, given the rather peculiar time, and the tough situation, I consider a 12% decrease in the
number of members as a success. This is in my view due to the efforts made by all RSAI members and
national associations to keep up the organization of workshops, congresses, and events despite the
difficulties of smart working, social distancing, and economic difficulties.
Along the same lines, i. e. despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as in previous years the RSAI committed
relevant efforts in acknowledging the best work of regional scientists. In particular, with the Nurturing
Talent programme the following initiatives have been approved for financial support:
33rd ERSA Summer School 2020, “Regions in transition, what implications for tourism and
manufacturing?”, 15-19 June 2020, University Campus of Sion, Switzerland
2RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020
17th PRSCO Summer Institute, “Emerging Technologies in Regional Development”, 29-31 July,
2020 at RMIT University in Vietnam.
Workshop “Regional Development Effects of the Use of Ocean Goods and Services”, 8 July, 2020,
Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal
Intensive program for nurturing the future generation of researchers in Regional Science - Black
sea Basin, 13 – 15 May 2020, Centre for European Studies of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of
Iași
The 3rd Annual Intensive Course Program in Urban, Transport, and Environmental Economics,
January 13th – February 7th 2020, Department of Economics FEB UI, Kampus UI Depok,
Indonesia
Workshop for young scientists, Methods in Regional Science: Data science, machine learning and
BigData, 1-2 June, 2020, Marrakech, Morocco
Workshop “Resilience” Studies in Regional Science: Methods and Approaches, Centre for
Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad Or India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Summer Workshop “Spatial Agent-Based Modeling”, June or July 2020, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 AERUS meeting (Applied Economics, Regional and Urban Studies) at the University of
Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign (UIUC).
However, as the COVID-19 pandemic struck, not all such initiatives did take place. In particular, one
event was canceled; three did take place, either before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, or by moving
the event online; and the remaining five were postponed. The Association thus maintained, or was
refunded, roughly 40 per cent of total funds allocated to Nurturing Talent initiatives, which will
tentatively reinvested for future similar events.
Lastly, in 2020 the net balance on the Association’s bank account increased to 449,087.48 € € as of Dec.
31, 2020, up from 369,513.94 € in January 2019.
To conclude, I would like to thank the whole RSAI Council and Long Range Planning Committee for their
continuous support of RSAI activities. Despite objective difficulties we all acted towards the greater
benefit of the Association, and as I write these words, and the pandemic is not over, I feel like such
difficulties are actually making the RSAI stronger, rather than weaker, and making us further understand
how interesting being part of the Association is.
Andrea Caragliu
RSAI Executive Director in 2020
3RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020 CONTENT Note from the Executive Director in 2020 .............................................................................. 2 1. RSAI Council Members ................................................................................................. 5 2. RSAI Publications ......................................................................................................... 6 3. RSAI Awards ................................................................................................................ 7 4. RSAI Membership ........................................................................................................ 9 5. RSAI Accounts of 2020 ............................................................................................... 10 4
RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020
1. RSAI Council Members
Table 1. –RSAI Council Members in 2020
Name Member Period Email
1 Mark Partridge President 2019-2020 partridge.27@osu.edu
2 Eduardo Haddad President Elect 2019-2020 ehaddad@usp.br
3 Rachel Franklin PRSCO President 2019-2020 rachel.franklin@newcastle.ac.uk
4 Lily Kiminami PRSCO Representative 2018-2020 kiminami@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp
5 Brian Kim PRSCO Representative 2019-2021 briankim66@snu.ac.kr
6 Neil Reid NARSC Executive Director 2018-2020 neil.reid@utoledo.edu
7 Peter Stenberg NARSC Representative 2019-2021 nordacad13@gmail.com
8 Sandy Dall'Erba NARSC Representative 2019-2021 dallerba@illinois.edu
9 Andre Torre ERSA President 2019-2022 andre.torre@wanadoo.fr
10 Francisco Carballo Cruz ERSA Representative 2017-2022 fcarballo@eeg.uminho.pt
11 Eveline Van Leeuwen ERSA Representative 2020-2022 eveline.vanleeuwen@wur.nl
12 Serena Serrano LARSA President 2018-2020 sesohi@hotmail.com
13 Patricio Aroca LARSA Representative 2020-2022 patricio.aroca@uai.cl
14 Carlos Azzoni LARSA Representative 2020-2022 cazzoni@usp.br
15 Amit Batabyal Councillor at large 2018-2020 aabgsh@rit.edu
16 Sumana Bandyopadhyay Councillor at large 2018-2020 sumona_bm@yahoo.com
17 Rosella Nicolini Councillor at large 2018-2020 Rosella.nicolini@uab.cat
18 Maria Abreu Councillor at large 2019-2021 ma405@cam.ac.uk
19 Daniela Constantin Councillor at large 2020-2022 dconstan@hotmail.com
20 Andrea Caragliu Executive Director 2019-2021 andrea.caragliu@polimi.it
Table 2. –RSAI Council Members in 2019
Name Member Period Email
1 Mark Partridge President 2019-2020 partridge.27@osu.edu
2 Eduardo Haddad Vice President 2019-2020 ehaddad@usp.br
3 Rachel Franklin PRSCO President 2019-2020 rachel_franklin@brown.edu
4 Lily Kiminami PRSCO Representative 2018-2020 kiminami@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp
5 Brian Kim PRSCO Representative 2019-2021 briankim66@snu.ac.kr
6 Neil Reid NARSC President 2018-2020 neil.reid@utoledo.edu
7 Peter Stenberg NARSC Representative 2019-2021 nordacad13@gmail.com
8 Sandy Dall'Erba NARSC Representative 2019-2021 dallerba@illinois.edu
9 Andre Torre ERSA President 2019-2022 andre.torre@wanadoo.fr
10 Francisco Carballo Cruz ERSA Representative 2017-2019 fcarballo@eeg.uminho.pt
11 Jouke Van Dijk ERSA Representative 2015-2019 jouke.van.dijk@rug.nl
12 Serena Serrano Oswald LARSA President 2018-2020 sesohi@hotmail.com
13 Jaime Bonet LARSA Representative 2017-2019 jbonetmo@banrep.gov.co
14 Eduardo Haddad LARSA Representative 2017-2019 ehaddad@usp.br
15 Amit Batabyal Councilor at large 2018-2020 aabgsh@rit.edu
16 Sumana Bandyopadhyay Councilor at large 2018-2020 sumona_bm@yahoo.com
17 Rosella Nicolini Councilor at large 2018-2020 Rosella.nicolini@uab.cat
18 Maria Abreu Councilor at large 2019-2021 ma405@cam.ac.uk
19 Laurie Schintler Councilor at large 2017-2019 lschintl@gmu.edu
20 Andrea Caragliu Executive Director 2019-2021 andrea.caragliu@polimi.it
5RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020 2. RSAI Publications RSAI Journals - 2020 Financial Statement 6
RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020
RSAI Newsletters
Edited by Martijn Smit and Graham Clarke, two issues were published.
A change in the editorial team: co-editor Graham Clarke is retiring and leaves the editorial
team after many, many years of being a pillar of support.
2020 November 2020 May
3. RSAI Awards
The Hirotada Kohno Award
Congratulations to David A. Plane who was the winner of the 2020
Kohno Prize. David A. Plane, a Professor Emeritus of the University of
Arizona, has been a lifetime contributor to regional science. His research
focuses on population geography and regional science, U.S. migration
and settlement patterns, the role of the life course in affecting mobility,
and methods for modeling activity patterns and temporal change in spatial interaction
systems.
The Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award
The winner of the Martin Beckmann Prize 2020 was the article Quality of government
and regional resilience in the European Union. Evidence from the Great
Recession, by Roberto Ezcurra and Vicente Rios, published in Volume 98, Issue 3, June
2019, Pages 1267-1290.
Jury: Janet Kohlhase, Dan Rickman and Jouke van Dijk.
Motivation: Through an elegant scientific approach, the paper examines the relationship between
quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union during the Great Recession. The
results show that the quality of government is an important factor when shaping the regional reaction
to the crisis. The analysis clearly deonstates that higher quality of government is associated with greater
regional resilience over the Great Recession. The paper gives emphasis to the role played in this context
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by spatial spillovers induced by the quality of government in neighbouring regions, which turn out to
have an important role.
The Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award
Yi Niu, from Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China,
received the 2020 Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award for
a Mid-Career Scholar from a Developing Country.
RSAI Dissertation Award
In 2020 the winner of the RSAI dissertation prize was Daria Denti for
his Thesis entitled “Essays on the Economic Geography of Oppressive
Violent Deviant Behaviours". She was supervised by Professor Alessandra
Faggian (GSSI), and Professor Simona Iammarino (London School of
Economics and Political Science). Congratulations!
The Jean Paelinck RSAI Award
Not awarded in 2020.
Czamanski Dissertation Award
Sicheng Wang was the 2020 Czamanski Dissertation Award for his
dissertation entitled "Travel behavior of ridesourcing: A data-driven
analysis".
RSAI Fellows
In 2020 the following RSAI Fellows have been elected:
Jouke Van Dijk Juan Cuadrado-Roura
University of Groningen, University of Alcalà, ~
THE NETHERLANDS SPAIN
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RSPP Annual Paper Award
The winners of the RSPP Annual Paper Award 2020 was:
Luc‐Normand Tellier and Jérémy Gelb (2018) - An urban metric system
based on space‐economy: Foundations and implementation. Regional
Science Policy & Practice (10) 3, 145-160.
AND
Patrícia C. Melo and Daniel J. Graham (2018) - Transport‐induced
agglomeration effects: Evidence for US metropolitan areas. Regional
Science Policy & Practice 10 (1), 37-47.
RSAI Founder's Medal
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings, Emeritus Director of REAL, has been awarded the
2020 Founder’s medal!
The proposal, made by the committee Mark Partridge (President); Lily
Kiminami (PRSCO); Andrés Rodrigues-Pose and Philip McCann (ERSA); and Dan
McMillen (NARSC), was approved as suggested by the award rules by the previous
winners of the same award.
4. RSAI Membership
Table 3. –RSAI Members by year
Year Members
2008 3100
2009 3043
2010 3550
2011 3535
2012 3955
2013 3978
2014 4288
2015 4364
2016 4255
2017 4434
2018 3726
2019 4448
2020 3905
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5. RSAI Accounts of 2020
In 2020 RSAI achieved a net surplus of 81 786,54 € (Net profit for the exercise).
There are sections that do not have enrolled members in 2020 due to the pandemic;
there are sections that have relatively few members relative to the population of the
respective areas of influence.
The Costs with the program NURTURING NEW TALENT INITIATIVE in 2020 was only
17,502.08€, because of the Covid-19, some events where postponed to 2021 and some
move to online and they return the remain (not used) support.
The bank account evolved from 369,513.94 € in December 2019 to 449,087.48 € in
December 2020.
Table 4. Accounts from January 2020 till December 2020
Bank account in Euros
1 Balance brought forward from 2019 (01-01-2020) 369 513,94 €
2 Closing Balance carried forward (31-12-2020) 449 087,48 €
3=(2-1) Margin of 2020 79 573,54 €
Accounts from January 2019 till December 2019
Description Revenues Costs NET PROFIT
General - € 8 610,71 € -8 610,71 €
ACCOUNTING - € 3 322,95 € -3 322,95 €
WEBSERVER, NEW WEBSITE AND CONGRESS SYSTEM - € - € - €
RSAI SECRETARIATE - € 5 000,00 € -5 000,00 €
OTHERS (credit card system charges and other bank charges) - € 287,76 € -287,76 €
Others - € - € - €
Deposit cash money from 2020 - € - € - €
Refund VAT 2019from State - € - € - €
Return transfer - € - € - €
Executive Directorate - € 207,79 € -207,79 €
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXPENDITURES - € 207,79 € -207,79 €
Editorial Activity -€ 19 555,22 € -19 555,22 €
RSAI NEWSLETTER PAYMENT -€ 158,53 € -158,53 €
RSAI NEWLETTER PRINTING -€ - € - €
PIRS EDITORIAL OFFICE ANUAL EXPENSES -€ 7 500,00 € -7 500,00 €
PIRS EDITORIAL FOR EDITORS -€ 1 896,69 € -1 896,69 €
RSPP EDITORIAL OFFICE ANUAL EXPENSES -€ 5 000,00 € -5 000,00 €
RSPP EDITORIAL FOR EDITORS -€ 5 000,00 € -5 000,00 €
ARQUIVIST -€ -€ -€
REGIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH -€ -€ -€
Wiley - Blackwell 75 231,00 € - € 75 231,00 €
PIRS AND RSPP 2019 PROFIT SHARE 21 245,00 € - € 21 245,00 €
PIRS AND RSPP ADVANCE ON EDITORIAL AND TRAVEL EXPENSES 2020 53 986,00 € - € 53 986,00 €
10RSAI Report and Accounts of 2020 RSAI Awards -€ -€ -€ MARTIN BECKMANN AWARD (500£) - CASH 2020 - € - € - € DISSERTATION AWARD - CASH 2020 - € - € - € PETER NIJKAMP AWARD - CASH 2020 - € - € - € RSPP ANNUAL PAPER AWARD - CASH 2020 - € - € - € PLAQUES - € - € - € RSAI Support 6 063,33 € 37 041,76 € -30 978,43 € NURTURING NEW TALENT 2019 - € 2 530,00 € -2 530,00 € NURTURING NEW TALENT 2020 6 063,33 € 23 565,41 € -17 502,08 € BULDING BRIDGES 2020 - € 10 946,35 € -10 946,35 € Memberships 32 635,02 € - € 32 635,02 € INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS 619,40 € - € 619,40 € MEMBERSHIP ARGENTINA SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP ARMENIA SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP ARSC SECTION 1 540,00 € - € 1 540,00 € MEMBERSHIP AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND SECTION 430,00 € - € 430,00 € MEMBERSHIP BALTIC SECTION 280,00 € - € 280,00 € MEMBERSHIP BANGLADESH SECTION 73,45 € - € 73,45 € MEMBERSHIP BRAZIL SECTION 817,51 € - € 817,51 € MEMBERSHIP BRITISH AND IRISH SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP BULGARIAN SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP CHILEAN SECTION (waiver for 2020) - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP CHINA SECTION 930,00 € - € 930,00 € MEMBERSHIP COLOMBIAN SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP CROATIA SECTION 300,00 € - € 300,00 € MEMBERSHIP DUTCH SECTION 1 130,00 € - € 1 130,00 € MEMBERSHIP ECUADORIAN SECTION (from 2019) 85,24 € - € 85,24 € MEMBERSHIP FRENCH SECTION 1 730,00 € - € 1 730,00 € MEMBERSHIP GERMAN SECTION 2 410,00 € - € 2 410,00 € MEMBERSHIP GREEK SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP HUNGARIAN SECTION 970,00 € - € 970,00 € MEMBERSHIP INDIA SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP INDONESIAN SECTION 425,70 € - € 425,70 € MEMBERSHIP ISRAEL SECTION 320,00 € - € 320,00 € MEMBERSHIP ITALIAN SECTION 2 510,00 € - € 2 510,00 € MEMBERSHIP JAPANESE SECTION 4 710,00 € - € 4 710,00 € MEMBERSHIP KOREAN SECTION 270,00 € - € 270,00 € MEMBERSHIP MEXICAN SECTION (2019 and 2020) 860,30 € - € 860,30 € MEMBERSHIP MOROCCAN SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP NARSC SECTION 5 370,00 € - € 5 370,00 € MEMBERSHIP NORDIC SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP POLISH SECTION 810,00 € - € 810,00 € MEMBERSHIP PORTUGUESE SECTION 1 600,00 € - € 1 600,00 € MEMBERSHIP ROMANIAN SECTION 385,00 € - € 385,00 € MEMBERSHIP SLOVAKIA SECTION - € - € - € MEMBERSHIP SPANISH SECTION 3 480,00 € - € 3 480,00 € MEMBERSHIP THAILAND SECTION 23,42 € - € 23,42 € MEMBERSHIP TURKISH SECTION 555,00 € - € 555,00 € RSAI WORLD CONGRESS 2020 71 676,88 € 40 617,21 € 31 059,67 € Travels - Keynote Speakers - € 320,82 € -320,82 € Registration fees 71 676,88 € - € 71 676,88 € Refund Registration fees - € 40 296,39 € -40 296,39 € TOTAL 185 606,23 € 106 032,69 € 79 573,54 € 11
BALANÇO
EM 31 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2020
REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL - RSAI Valores em EURO
RÚBRICAS NOTAS 31 Dez 2020 31 Dez 2019
ATIVO
Ativo não corrente
Ativo corrente
Clientes 14 993,77 1 020,00
Capital subscrito e não realizado 2 565,69 2 166,69
Diferimentos 479,70 479,70
Outros ativos correntes 10,00 10,00
Caixa e depósitos bancários 449 087,48 369 169,94
467 136,64 372 846,33
Total do ativo 467 136,64 372 846,33
CAPITAL PRÓPRIO E PASSIVO
Capital próprio
Capital subscrito 176 588,39 176 588,39
Reservas 192 808,94 185 305,54
369 397,33 361 893,93
Resultado líquido do período 81 786,54 7 503,40
Total do capital próprio 451 183,87 369 397,33
Passivo
Passivo não corrente
Passivo corrente
Diferimentos 15 053,77 2 550,00
Outros passivos correntes 899,00 899,00
15 952,77 3 449,00
Total do passivo 15 952,77 3 449,00
Total do capital próprio e do passivo 467 136,64 372 846,33
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Tax Payer
CurrencyEUR EUR
Income Statement at December 2020
Conta Revenues and Expenditures Notas 2020 2019
Pos Neg
71/72 Sales and services* 141 560,00 63 883,50
75 Operating subsidies
785+792 685 Gains / Losses allocated to subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures 0,00 0,00
73 Inventory variation in production 0,00 0,00
74 Work for the entity itself 0,00 0,00
61 Cost of goods sold and materials consumed 0,00 0,00
62 Supplies and services -25 029,02 -18 579,74
63 Personnel expenses 0,00 0,00
7622 652 Impairment of inventories (losses / reversals) 0,00 0,00
7621 651 Impairment of receivables (losses / reversals) 0,00 0,00
763 67 Provisions (increases / decreases) 0,00 0,00
7623;7627/8 653;657/8 Impairment of Investments non-depreciable / amortizable (losses / reversals) 0,00 0,00
77 66 Increases / Decreases in fair value
78...+791 Other income and gains 0,00 54 065,00
69-685+69...Other expenses and losses -34 744,44 -91 865,36
Profit before depreciation, financial costs and taxes 81 786,54 7 503,40
761 64 Expenditures / reversals of depreciation and amortization 0,00 0,00
7624/6 654/6 Impairment of depreciable / amortizable assets (losses / reversals) 0,00 0,00
Operational results (before financial costs and taxes) 81 786,54 7 503,40
7915 Interest and similar income 0,00 0,00
6911/21/81 Interest and similar expenses paid 0,00 0,00
Profit before Taxes 81 786,54 7 503,40
812 Taxes on profits 0,00 0,00
Net profit for the exercise 81 786,54 7 503,40Annex 4
Milan, Aug. 3, 2021
To the attention of
Prof. Eduardo A. Haddad
DIPARTIMENTO DI Chair
ARCHITETTURA, Search Committee
INGEGNERIA DELLE
COSTRUZIONI E RSAI Executive Director
AMBIENTE COSTRUITO
Dear Professor Haddad, dear Eduardo:
It is my pleasure to submit my candidature for Executive Director of the RSAI. This would be the
second term for me on the Council, so hopefully my motivation letter will differ from the one I
applied with three years ago.
Taking stock of the past three years
These past three years have been an amazing adventure for me. I personally learnt a lot from
managing day-to-day operations of the Association, and while I leave it to the Council to decide
whether these have been successful, I am happy here to report a few results achieved by the
Association during the three years when I served as Executive Director.
Despite the recent difficulties linked to the COVID pandemic, the RSAI remained stably around
4,000 individual members. Some national associations suffered from the economic downturn due
to the pandemic, or struggled to get stable funding due to the lockdown restrictions that made it
impossible to organize national congresses, that for many sections represent the main source of
income. Still, most sections held up tight and the association actually expanded to places where it
was not present, or strong.
The Association’s financial position remains remarkably strong. In this sense, I took over from
the excellent job of my predecessor, Prof. Dentinho. During my three years as Executive Director,
our bank account went up from a balance of € 354,888.50 in January 2019 to € 524,696.07 €, as
of June 17, 2021. This signals a substantial capacity to spend for new initiatives meant to support
research and teaching activities, to fund local workshops and summer schools, and more broadly
to allow Regional Science to continue its global development.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association kept supporting roughly 12 workshops per year,
and managed, against all odds, to gather more than 500 scholars for the 13th World Congress,
unfortunately postponed from 2020 to 2021 and moved from its initial venue (Marrakech) to an
online platform. The congress further strengthened our positioning in Africa, where as you well
know the only active section is Morocco’s, and where I would love to invest as Executive Director
in the next three years.
Dipartimento di Architettura, Tel. 02 2399 6237 Partita Iva 04376620151
Ingegneria delle Costruzioni Fax 02 2399 5195 Codice Fiscale 80057930150
e Ambiente Costruito www.abc.polimi.it
Via Giuseppe Ponzio, 31
20133 MilanoReasons for my interest in applying for a second term as Executive Director of RSAI Building on prior achievements, I would love to follow up to my previous work and possibly further strengthen the Association’s status. A priority of my second term would be to further expand in terms of national sections in Africa and the Middle East. Building on the good feedback received from the 2021 World Congress, plans would be to host two/three more events in Morocco in 2022, one in Tunisia, and one in Ghana, with additional interest (to be confirmed) from Egypt and with more room for expansion in South Africa and Mozambique. We would hope these events to nurture local talents and attract young scholars to our discipline and themes, so that a national section can be eventually formed and allowed to join the global community. As for the Middle East, I am leveraging on good contacts among Iranian scholars, both working at home or abroad. In the area, Iran could play a major role in connecting the Armenian section with areas further in the core of Asia (e.g. Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh). With plans to eventually detach a continental Asian supranational section from current PRSCO, this would further strengthen its composition. Ideally, during the next three years plans would be to also accomplish the restructuring of the Association’s supranational sections, so as to better accommodate the many Asian national sections joining the RSAI over the past few years. Our Association also faces major challenges from the current changing landscape in scientific publications. The past few years saw a major rise in Open Access publishing, and this is not yet reflected in the contract that the RSAI presently shares with its journal’s publisher, Wiley. The next Executive Director term will also be dealing with the negotiations for renewing the contract, and I would be happy to support this important step by leveraging on my prior experience with the company. Strategy in managing the day-to-day operations of the Association The first term as Executive Director allowed me to prioritize chores and duties for the Association. I now have quite some experience in its yearly calendar, and managed, with the huge help from many members of the Council and LRPC, to make myself acquainted also with the needs of national and supranational sections. I am therefore confident I can provide a stable and steady flow of support for the daily operations of the Association. Of course, would the Council decide otherwise, I would be happy to transfer my knowledge to anyone taking on this important task after me. For any doubt on my candidature please do not hesitate to write me at andrea.caragliu@polimi.it. Thank you very much in advance for considering my candidature, Kind regards, Andrea Caragliu
Andrea Caragliu
Politecnico di Milano
ABC Department
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
Building 5
20133 Milan (MI)
Italy
Professional web site: https://sites.google.com/site/andreacaragliu/
Email address: andrea.caragliu@polimi.it
Phone number: +39-02-23994048
Academic/Professional experience
July 13, 2018, in service from Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, Politecnico di
November 2, 2018 Milano, ABC Department.
November 2, 2015 – November Assistant Professor, Regional and Urban Economics (With tenure:
1, 2018 Ricercatore TD Senior), Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department.
July 1,2013 –November 1, 2015 Assistant Professor, Regional and Urban Economics (Ricercatore TD
Junior), Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department.
January 1,2010 –June 30, 2013 Post-Doc fellow, Research Unit in Regional and Urban Economics,
Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department.
September 29, 2009 – November Visiting scholar, Free University Amsterdam, Spatial Economics
29, 2009; February 2, 2008 – Department
July 5,2008
April 5, 2004 – December 31, Economic consultant, Municipality of Alessandria, Italy.
2006
July 11, 2001 – October 10,2001 Internship, International Trade Center (ITC), Geneva, Switzerland.
Education
October 8, 2015 Ph.D. in Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam.
Title of the Final Dissertation: “The economics of proximity: regional
growth, beyond geographic proximity”.
Promotor: Prof. Peter Nijkamp.
Co-Promotor: Prof. Roberta Capello.
February 25, 2010 Ph.D. in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico
di Milano.
Full Ph.D. scholarship (Scuola Interpolitecnica).
Title of the Final Dissertation: “Innovation, territorial capital and regional
growth”.
Supervisor: Prof. Roberta Capello.
The dissertation has been awarded the Merit Prize of the Italian Regional
Science Association (runner-up for the Giorgio Leonardi Award) and the
Merit Prize of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union.
June 30, 2005 Master of Science in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
March 15, 2003 First degree in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
Professional service
Jan. 1, 2019-Dec. 31, 2021 RSAI Executive Director
Jan. 1, 2018-Today Deputy Coordinator, Master of Science Programme in Management of
Built Environment, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Jun. 1, 2017-Today Member of the Board of the Ph.D. Programme in Architecture, Built
Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
1June 2019 Lecturer for the 2019 ERSA Katowice Summer School
July 2016 Member of the LOC and lecturer for the 2016 ERSA Milan Summer School
Jan. 1, 2016-Dec. 31, 2021 Book Review Editor, Papers in Regional Science
Sep. 1, 2013-Dec. 31, 2018 Co-Editor, RSAI Newsletter
2013-2016 Auditor, Italian Section of the RSAI (AISRe)
Awards
October 2017 Referee of the year award (Regional Studies)
December 2010 Merit prize of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union for the
doctoral thesis competition “Local and regional authorities in the European
Union”.
June 2010 Diploma of honor (runner-up) in the Giorgio Leonardi Prize for Best
Doctoral Dissertation in the academic year 2009-2010 (Italian Association
of Regional Science - AISRe).
Selected publications
Special issues edited
Caragliu, A., and Graziano, M.. “The spatial dimension of energy transition policies, practices and technologies”, Energy
Policy, September 2021 (forthcoming)
Caragliu, A., and Del Bo, C. “Smart Cities: past achievements and future challenges”, Scienze regionali –Italian Journal
of Regional Science, 17 (1): February 2018.
Capello R., Caragliu A., and Fratesi, U. Special Issue “Advances in regional growth forecasting models”, International
Regional Science Review. 40 (1): January 2017.
Caragliu A., and Lenzi C. Special Issue “Territorial patterns of innovation: evidence from successful European case
studies”, Regional Science Policy and Practice, 5 (4): November 2013.
Articles on refereed journals
Capello, R. and Caragliu, A. (2021, forthcoming). Regional growth and disparities in a post-COVID Europe: A new
normality scenario”, Journal of Regional Science, online first. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12542.
Caragliu, A. (2021). “Energy efficiency-enhancing policies and firm performance: Evidence from the paper and glass
industries in Italy”, Energy Policy, 156, 112415.
Capello, R. and Caragliu, A. (2021). “Merging macroeconomic and territorial determinants of regional growth: The
MASST4 model”, The Annals of Regional Science, 66 (1), 19-56.
Caragliu, A., and Del Bo, C. (2019). “Smart innovative cities: The impact of Smart City policies on urban innovation”,
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 142: 373–383.
Capello, R., Caragliu, A., and Fratesi, U. (2018). “Compensation modes of border effects in cross‐border regions”, Journal
of Regional Science, 58 (4): 759–785.
Capello, R., Caragliu, A., and Fratesi, U. (2018). “Breaking down the border: Physical, institutional and cultural obstacles”,
Economic Geography, 94 (5): 485-513.
Capello, R., Caragliu, A., and Fratesi, U. (2018). “Measuring border effects in European cross-border regions”, Regional
Studies, 52 (7): 986–996.
Capello R., and Caragliu, A. (2017). “Proximities and the intensity of scientific relations: synergies and non-linearities”,
International Regional Science Review, 41 (1): 7–44.
Capello R., Caragliu, A., and Fratesi, U. (2017). “Modeling regional growth between competitiveness and austerity
measures: the MASST3 model”, International Regional Science Review, 40 (1): 38–74.
Camagni, R., Capello R, and Caragliu, A. (2016). “Static vs. dynamic agglomeration economies: Spatial context and
structural evolution behind urban growth”, Papers in Regional Science, 95(1): 133–158
Caragliu A., De Dominicis, L., and de Groot, H. (2016). “Both Marshall and Jacobs were right!”, Economic Geography,
92 (1): 87–111
Caragliu, A., and Nijkamp, P. (2016). “Space and knowledge spillovers in European regions: the impact of different forms
of proximity on spatial knowledge diffusion”, Journal of Economic Geography, 16 (3): 749–774
Capello R., Caragliu, A., and Fratesi, U. (2015). “Spatial heterogeneity in the costs of the economic crisis in Europe: Are
cities sources of regional resilience?”, Journal of Economic Geography, 15 (5): 951–972.
Caragliu, A., Del Bo, C., and Nijkamp, P. (2011). “Smart cities in Europe”, Journal of Urban Technology, 18 (2): 65-82.
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